Thermalization without detailed balance: population oscillations in the absence of coherences

Authors: Shay Blum and David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky Published on: J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 16, 4066 (2025) Key Question: How can population oscillations occur without quantum coherences? How do systems that violate detailed balance thermalize? What is the role of exceptional points in thermalization? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications
Violation of Detailed Balance in Quantum Open Systems

Authors: Robert Alicki, Milan Šindelka, and David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky Published on: Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 040401 (2023) Key Question: Is detailed balance necessary for thermal equilibration? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications
Cooperative efficiency boost for quantum heat engines

Non-Equilibrium Quantum Heat Machines

Authors: Robert Alicki and David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky Published on: New J. Phys. 17 115012 Key Question: What are the bounds of heat machines operating with non-equilibrium heat baths? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications
Near field propulsion forces from nonreciprocal media

Authors: David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, Noah Graham, Mehran Kardar and Matthias Kruger. Published on: Physical Review Letters 126, 170401 (2021) Key Question: How to build a heat engine using Casimir forces View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications
Cooling by heating in nonequilibrium nanosystems

Authors: R. Hartle, C. Schinabeck, M. Kulkarni, D. Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, M. Thoss, and U. Peskin and Alejandro Published on: Physical Review B 98, 08140(R) (2018). Key Question: Could heating part of a system cool down another part? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications
Thermodynamics of quantum systems under dynamical control

Authors: D. Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, W. Niedenzu and G. Kurizki. Published on: Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics volume 64, 329 (2015) Key Question: A review on the thermodynamics of quantum systems View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications
Quantum features and signatures of quantum-thermal machines

Authors: A. Levy and D, Gelbwaser-Klimovsky Published on: Thermodynamics in the Quantum Regime: Fundamental Aspects and New Directions (2018): 87-126. Key Question: What quantum heat machines can do that their classical counterparts can’t? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications
Single-atom heat machines enabled by energy quantization

Authors: D. Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, A. Bylinskii, D. Gangloff, R. Islam, A. Aspuru-Guzik and V. Vuletic. Published on: Physical Review Letters 120, 170601 (2018) Key Question: Which unique capabilities are provided to heat machines by energy quantization? View Publication arXiv People also read: More Publications